Monday, October 21, 2019

Monday Mania - Part 1

Once again, it's time for a "manic Monday", so here is some of the "buh-dah, buh-da-da-duh" (if you'll forgive the mixed musical metaphors) going on:

From National Review, once there was a professional athlete who did not kowtow to the Chinese, but bombed them.

From FrontpageMag, a rugby team in New Zealand named the Crusaders changes its logo.

From Townhall, workers at an In-N-Out Burger defend their restaurant from climate protesters.

From The Washington Free Beacon, police groups do not agree with Bob O'Rourke's plan to have them confiscate guns.

From the Washington Examiner, even President Trump has the sense to realize that Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is "not a Russian agent".

From The Federalist, Ecuador is helping people from many parts of the world to get to the U.S. border.

From American Thinker, Trump is uniquely suited for the times we're in, like him or not.

From CNS News, Trump might keep a residual force in eastern Syria, to protect oil fields and watch out for ISIS.

From LifeZette, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) confirms his "alter ego" on Twitter.

From NewsBusters, CBS does not realize that the vice presidency has the same age requirement as the presidency.  (Trump and some of his Democrat rivals meet the age requirement twice over.)

From Canada Free Press, Turkey, the Kurds, and the swamp.

From CBC News, gardeners in Ontario harvest their first legal backyard cannabis.

From Global News, Canada's party leaders and their fellow Canadians go voting.

From CTV News, according to a U.N. report, some indigenous Canadians endure "abhorrent" housing conditions.

From TeleSUR, miners and dock workers call a general strike in Chile to support anti-government protesters.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese authorities recover a piece of sacred art that was stolen 21 years ago.

From Euractiv, the world's second floating wind farm sails toward Portugal.

From El País, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez makes a surprise visit to Barcelona and warns that the crisis in Catalonia is not over.

From RFI, French investigators conclude their probe of the 2015 terror attacks in Paris.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland's "Green tsunami" gets plenty of newspaper coverage.

From ANSA, four men are indicted for the murder and gang rape of a 16-year-old Italian girl in Rome.

From the Malta Independent, a Maltese court rules that holding asylum seekers for more than ten weeks is illegal.

From Malta Today, over 75 migrants have been arrested over a riot at the Hal Far center.

From Total Croatia News, the E.U. will adopt a report on Croatia's compliance with the requirements for joining the Schengen Area.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the film Joker causes a political controversy in Greece.

From EkathimeriniGreece's National Commission for Human Rights calls for a longer period of public consultation for proposed changes to the country's asylum laws.

From the Greek Reporter, while 700 migrants are transferred from Samos to the Greek mainland, Samos's mayor urges his people to join a demonstration calling for less overcrowding.

From Novinite, according to Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov, there is no migration pressure on Bulgaria's borders with Turkey and Greece.

From The Sofia Globe, a look at Bulgaria's local elections, including the campaign for mayor of Plovdiv.

From Radio Bulgaria, some developments in the Balkans.

From Romania-Insider, there has been little progress in the negotiations for a new Romanian government.

From Russia Today, declassified papers show the development of the first Soviet atomic bomb.

From Sputnik International, according to Russia's defense minister, Russia, Turkey and the U.S. should work together to boost security in Syria.

From The Moscow Times, as President Putin watches, a Russian submarine launching missiles has some technical difficulties.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Prime Minister Orban, the Hungarian government is ready to work with cooperative local councils.

From Daily News Hungary, members of the Bonaparte dynasty and the Hungarian royal family get married.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Blikk.)

From Hungary Today, a church center built with Hungarian state support opens in Transylvania.

From About HungaryHungary’s Chief Security Advisor warns that a scenario which results in people setting out for Europe must be avoided.

From The Slovak Spectator, a look at how Artificial Intelligence affect the Slovak economy.

From Radio Prague, Czech authorities break up a spy ring operated by "very aggressive" Russians.

From Radio Poland, exhumations are planned after the remains of victims of Nazi German soldiers are found in Częstochowa, Poland.

From the CPH Post, in a roundup of Danish news, an elderly care center in Gauerslund, Denmark will have an adjacent kindergarten.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's defense minister proposes a "security zone" along the Turkey-Syria border.

From Free West Media, according to a German intelligence chief, the climate change movement has been infiltrated by extreme leftists.

From the NL Times, a group of 20 civil society organizations files a complaint alleging that police have been ignoring reports of discrimination.

From Dutch News, Dutch street wardens will be given pepper spray and batons.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at the Volkskrant.)

From VRT NWS, ISIS brides demand money from the Belgian government.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson publishes a 110-page Brexit bill.  (Will the House of Commons have to pass it so that the U.K. public can find out what's in it?)

From the Evening Standard, in a "fascinating" Q&A, a London Underground driver discusses his job.

From the (U.K.) Independent, what happens next as the Brexit deal "hangs in the balance".

From the (Irish) Independent, according to former Irish President Mary Robinson, climate protesters could "put us a step backwards" by alienating the public.

From the Irish Examiner, abortion rights activists rally in Dublin to celebrate the decriminalization of abortion in Northern Ireland.

From EuroNews, Northern Ireland's abortion and same-sex marriage laws will change at midnight.

From The Conservative Woman, one writer hopes that Johnson will lose today's vote.

From The Stream, Trump's pullout from Syria doesn't have to end like South Vietnam in 1975.

From Fox News, the Army and the defense industry develop ways of dealing with enemy drones.

From Reason, "what's so funny about Tulsi Gabbard?"

From Penn Live, Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce a bill to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.  (via LifeNews)

From Twitchy, climate activists might not know about the world's largest national source of carbon dioxide.

And from The Hollywood Reporter, Mr. Bill's old girlfriend will produce a documentary.  (via the Daily Caller)

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